I didn’t want to learn Irish when I was growing up. It wasn’t a thing. I knew that my mother could speak some Gaelic, but I never really thought of it as another language. I grew up in Quebec, so there was English and French. Those were the languages on my horizon. But when my…
Today, I mark 365 days of doing Duolingo. Parlez vous francais? Voce fala portugeus? A year ago, I started some Duolingo lessons to pick up some phrases in Portuguese. We were going to Portugal in October, and I thought it would help. I was consistent. Practicing daily. I opted for the paid version, so I…
I’m on a 285-day Duolingo streak! Every day for about nine and a half months, I’ve spent some time doing lessons in a foreign language. Duolingo is a language learning app. You can use it on your computer, but it works best on your cell phone. There’s a free version and a paid version. The…
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